Desargues

(formerly [/Anaximander Anaximander] C)

Lat: 70.2°N, Long: 73.3°W, Diam: 85 km, Depth: 2.51 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%202 Rükl: 2]

Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 2.51 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 2.71 km
Based on LO-IV-190H, [/LTVT LTVT] indicates that the shadow-casting parts of the rim in the SE rise to 2360 m. The rim-straddling 31 km diameter crater on the east is Desargues E. It has a depth of up to 2300, with a 1000 m deep crater on its floor. The 30 km crater just outside the south rim of Desargues is Desargues M, with a rim up to 2300 m tall. - JimMosher JimMosher

Nomenclature

Named for Gérard Desargues (February 21 or March 2, 1591-October 1661), a French mathematician and engineer, who is considered one of the founders of projective geometry.
The name [/Anaximander Anaximander] C was Catalog Number 1693 in Mary Blagg's [/Collated%20List Collated List] and in the original IAU nomenclature of [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations] (1935) where the name is attributed to [/Beer%20and%20M%C3%A4dler Beer and Mädler]. It is also noted that Franz called the feature [/Anaximander Anaximander] p
The replacement name Desargues was proposed by Arthur and Whitaker in the [/Rectified%20Lunar%20Atlas Rectified Lunar Atlas] (1963) and approved by IAU in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XIIB 1964].
Near Desargues should be a crater which was called Thornton by [/Wilkins%20and%20Moore Wilkins and Moore], but the I.A.U. did not accept that name. Thornton was a contemporary English selenographer.

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